- Date
- May 27, 1989, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21GVCessna P206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890527013119A
- Case key
- 14360
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot's inadequate preflight which resulted in an engine failure due to water contamination of the fuel system. The wires, trees, and utility pole were related factors.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Object - utility poleFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21GV
- Reported as
- Cessna P206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0343
- Airframe hours
- 3,030
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond F. Palicky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1988 · 100 hours before
- Airport
- Y47 · New Hudson
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 18 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.